SK Telecom will collaborate with Iceotope Technologies and SK Enmove to develop advanced liquid cooling solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.
These solutions promise to revolutionize data center operations by offering enhanced cooling efficiency, improved energy efficiency, increased density and scalability, noise reduction, and environmental sustainability.
By efficiently dissipating heat from critical server components, liquid cooling solutions prevent thermal throttling and ensure consistent performance, while also reducing overall energy consumption compared to traditional air-cooled systems.
This enables data center operators to maximize space utilization, support future expansion requirements, and minimize their environmental impact, making them ideal for the high-performance computing demands of AI workloads.
Enhancing Energy Efficiency
The partnership will focus on enhancing energy efficiency by reducing the power consumption of cooling systems, which is a major contributor to energy consumption in such facilities.
“By combining core technologies and capabilities of SKT, Iceotope and SK Enmove, we expect to develop innovative energy efficiency solutions that can not only help us strengthen our competitiveness in AI data centers, but also put us on the right path towards sustainability,” said Lee Jong-min, Vice President and Head of Future R&D at SKT.
SKT will use Iceotope’s Precision Liquid Cooling (PLC) alongside SK Enmove's thermal fluid at its AI data center testbed to demonstrate the efficiency and power-saving potential of PLC. Additionally, SKT intends to create an integrated Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) with technical assistance from Iceotope to support several liquid cooling systems.
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with SKT and SK Enmove on AI data center innovation and look forward to helping them and their customers realize energy-efficiency in their facilities with our Precision Liquid Cooling solutions,” said David Craig, CEO of Iceotope.
Iceotope's PLC technology ensures the accurate distribution of dielectric fluid to remove heat from the hottest components of servers, while SK Enmove’s thermal fluid improves the cooling function of the system.
SK Telecom plans to develop an AI-driven, self-regulating cooling system in the future. The AI Autonomous Cooling System will analyze temperature and power load in the AI data center, automatically adjusting the supply temperature and flow rate of thermal fluids in the CDU, improving operational efficiency in data centers.
“Through this cooperation, we aim to contribute to the vitalization of the immersion cooling market and solidify our position as an energy saving company,” said Seo Sang-hyuk, Vice President and Head of e-Fluids B2B Business Office at SK Enmove.
